The Drone-Bomb Plot on the UFC’s White House Event Wasn’t an Anomaly

The Drone-Bomb Plot on the UFC’s White House Event Wasn’t an Anomaly

The UFC’s event at the White House was the perfect target for a terror attack: America’s elites, clustered around a small octagon in the open air for hours. A chaotic, packed city center. Plenty of cops and soldiers, to be sure, but then again, there are few defenses for a fast, deadly drone. As I … Read more

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Meta Tapped a Pentagon Supplier to Prototype Face Recognition for Its Glasses

Meta is testing face-recognition software built by a company that sells surveillance tools to police departments and the United States military, as it explores bringing the technology to its smart glasses, WIRED has learned. The arrangement is documented in a software license, obtained by WIRED, that was issued by Rank One Computing—a Denver-based company that … Read more

Zeeko Zaki on Leading ‘FBI’ as an Arab-American Muslim

Zeeko Zaki on Leading ‘FBI’ as an Arab-American Muslim

According to “FBI” star Zeeko Zaki, it’s no longer shocking that an Arab-American Muslim is the lead in a TV show. “Which was the goal, of course. But then, at the same time, I’m still the only one,” he told journalists at Monte-Carlo Television Festival.  “There’s still a bigger fight for representation on TV. And there’s … Read more

Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick

Trump Risks Key Surveillance Authority Over ‘Unqualified’ Spy-Chief Pick

Cornyn said materials from Section 702 generate roughly 60 percent of the President’s Daily Brief, a figure Senate Judiciary chairman Chuck Grassley has also cited. Some Republicans dispute the catastrophe framing. Representative Keith Self of Texas called the warnings “hysteria,” arguing that other FISA authorities remain in force and that proponents should accept reforms such … Read more